I suspect this push for all this 'security', recently, is in reality a desperate plan for the government to get controls in place...meanwhile trying
desperately to push off the seemingly massive economic collapse that is approaching for as long as possible while metaphorically waving there hands
and jumping up and down,"Yoo Hoo! Look over here! Nothing to see over there!" They want to legalize and get the infrastructure in place so when
civilization as we know it starts to crumble they can maintain some kind of control. A futile effort in the long run, I think.
They will never be able to "shut down the internet"...it was designed decentralized and to be resistant to nuclear attacks after all. However, that
was then..now it would be much easier to shutter certain sites and services, control flow of certain information etc. et al. However I doubt they
would have 100% success, and if Iran is any gauge they would have much less ability considering the disparity in size. TPtB really do not like how
the internet pretty much is exposing anything and everything they are up to. A lot of that information is missed by the general public, most of it
(except in the case of more mundane scandals) languishing in relatively small communities of people who visit sites such as ATS...but important things
tend to filter out to the general public over time and that must just drive them crazy as well.
The internet is the second coming of the printing press and that terrifies those who it threatens to expose. Knowledge is power and power in the hands
of the people is the last thing these sub human cretins want.
You know...this reminds me of John Titor. That story has always fascinated me. It seemed that a few years ago it was indeed all bunk, but now it
seems like what he said is still taking place, but events have been changed in our timeline and certain things are getting kicked down the road a few
years. Even Titor stated he noticed changes in the timeline. In this context:
"The President or "leader" in 2005 I believe tried desperately to be the next Lincoln and hold the country together but many of their
policies drove a larger wedge into the Bill of Rights. The President in 2009 was interested only in keeping his/her power base. "
Change 2005 to 2009 and certainly sounds a lot like what we are seeing now, does it not? Just a interesting observation.

Time Travel is one of
those things that has always tickled my fancy.
Regardless....interesting times we are living in. 10 years ago I would never have thought we were going to be living in such historic times.
Stocking up one the guns, ammo, food, seed stock, etc. seems to be the only option this far into the game. It's looking like it's going to be a
matter of how MUCH unrest we are going to see, not IF we are going to see it.
Something worth investigating in regards to thwarting government snooping and control of the internet: If you have not heard of TOR network
encryption I highly suggest you look into it....use it at least and run a node if you can. Google it! It may not be the perfect solution, but it's
better than nothing and any size monkey wrench you can throw into their gears is worth it IMO.